Meanings of minor planet names: 379001–380000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

379001–379100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

379101–379200

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379130 Lopresti2009 CA20Claudio Lopresti, an Italian amateur astronomer and founder of the Digital Astronomy Group as well as a discoverer of numerous variable stars. In 2007, he discovered the first transit of an extrasolar planet in the constellation of Cassiopeia.JPL · 379130
379155 Volkerheinrich2009 QR6Volker Heinrich (born 1962), a German amateur astronomer and chairman of the Astronomy Section of the "Physikalischer Verein" at Frankfurt, GermanyJPL · 379155
379173 Gamaovalia2009 RA2Galina (born 1935), Mariya (born 1940), Oktyabrina (born 1938), Vassiliy (born 1944) and Lev (born 1947), the brothers and sisters of astronomer Klim Churyumov (1937–2016), co-discoverer of comet 67PJPL · 379173

379201–379300

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379301–379400

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379401–379500

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379501–379600

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379601–379700

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379701–379800

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379801–379900

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379901–380000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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378,001–379,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 379,001–380,000		 Succeeded by
380,001–381,000
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